I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write…

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something…

— George Harrison

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It’s just kind of…

— Ed Sheeran

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit…

— Marvin Hamlisch

I only wanted to play the guitar so I could write music. As soon as I learned my first three chords I wrote my…

— Michelle Zauner

I used to play guitar for myself and write lyrics and listen to different styles of music.

— Rokia Traore

Heck, I'm no Henry Mancini or Michel Legrand. I just play the guitar and write songs.

— John Denver

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

— Paul Simon

I just play the guitar and write songs.

— John Denver

Well, it grow together. It's like, first time I try to write a song is the first time I try to play the guitar.…

— Bob Marley

When I'm at home or in the studio, I have a 1963 Martin. It's a D-28, and I love that guitar. I write on…

— Charlie Worsham

“With my guitar, I could write my own stories, my own poems, and my own destiny. No one could take away the feelings, the…

— Christine Zolendz

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

— Evan Dando

That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So…

— John Zorn

I write tunes about what people say, whatever they say.

— Fats Domino

My favorite music to sing would be my own songs, my original songs, just because I know them, you know I write the tunes,…

— Paul McDonald